John and I got philosophical while discussing religion and psychedelics (A conversation inspired by the book "The Immortality Key" by Brian Muraresku). We discussed John's time in the Amazon learning about shamanism, loneliness, and human evolution. Due to some technical difficulties, the episode ended abruptly. I cannot thank John enough for making time to speak with me on these topics, and for saving the show with a wonderful solo outro.

John can be found on twitter at @JohnKVallis 

John's podcasts are: "Bitcoin Rapid-Fire"

"Closing the Loop"

Enjoy the show!

In this interview, I spoke with ButterCup Robrts and Rizzn of the FreeRossDAO to learn more about the history of the "Dark-web" marketplace known as the silk road. We discussed Ross's trial and sentencing. If you are interested in hearing a story about dirty cops, hidden evidence, and a man who was sentenced to double life + 40 years for operating a website.... then look no further.

Buttercup can be found on Twitter @ButtercupRobrts

Mark can be found on Twitter @Rizzn

The FreeRossDAO is @FreeRossDAO

and Ross Ulbricht can be found @RealRossU

NOTE: I do not endorse/disavow the FreeRossDAO. In truth, I know nothing about DAOs of any kind. I only hope you learn something from this discussion and it encourages you to think about the system we are all living in. Whether you decide to contribute or not is fully your own decision

Today, I talked with John Haar about his transition from legacy finance and the banking industry to working in bitcoin. John is the Managing Director of Private Client Services at @SwanBitcoin.

We spoke about:

- Saving vs. Investing

- Interest rates, price controls, and forward-looking markets.

- Why Trad-fi/ Legacy finance does not get bitcoin?

- The Great Financial Crises

- The market rallying in the face of a 75 bps hike in the federal funds rate

- How bitcoin wins the long game

- John's favorite book in bitcoin

- What is a recession and are we in one?

- Austrian vs Keynesian economics

- Sound money and why Gold "failed".

John can be found on Twitter at @John_at_Swan and Swan can be found at @Swanbitcoin

I would highly recommend Bitcoiners look into Swan's services and reach out to John for your Bitcoin questions and needs.

I sat down with Joe Brown of Heresy Financial and we discussed:

-How Joe got into finance, his views on mainstream financial education, and how he has decided to address these issues

-Yield curves and what the market is pricing in when the yield curve is inverted.

-The implications of moves in interest rates on pension funds.

-BRICS currencies and currency wars

-Bitcoin, Gold, and CBDCs (Gresham's Law & Thiers' Law)

- Investing in hyperinflationary countries (Property Rights and Fixed rate debt)

Joe can be found on Twitter at @HeresyFinancial and his Youtube Channel is Heresy Financial, which I highly recommend people check out.

This week I talked with Texas Slim about #FoodIntelligence and how he is working to help people get better food. Slim is the founder of the Beef Initiative, a community marketplace built to connect ranchers with consumers.

We had a very interesting conversation on topics such as: FDA/USDA, Regenerative farming vs. Monocropping, events that caused the Dust Bowl, the protests in the Netherlands, mysterious fires, the history of the food pyramid, and what GRAS (generally recognized as Safe) ingredients mean to us. Slim also helps lay out a plan to be better prepared for potential scenarios consumers may face in the coming years.

Texas Slim Twitter: @modernTman Substack: texasslim.substack.com Beef Initiative Twitter: @beefinitiative www.beefinitiative.com

Colorado Conference July22-24

I spoke with Shaun Connell EVP of Power at Lancium LLC. about Bitcoin the commodity and how bitcoin mining can be used as a tool in providing demand response and flexibility to the energy grid. We spent a fair amount of time on commodity cycles and the convergence of prices in the commodity space. We even speculated on the cyclical nature of bitcoin, and whether he expects it to continue into the future.

Shaun can be found on Twitter at @Shaunenergy and I highly recommend giving Shaun a follow as he frequently posts fascinating charts and wonderful insights into the marriage of Bitcoin and Grid Operators/Ancillary Service Providers.

Outline: Grid Composition 0:00 - 3:50 Nuclear 3:50 - 6:50 Renewable Energy & Demand Response 6:51 - 9:10 Power Generators and Bitcoin Mining Colocation 9:11 - 10:30 Consequences of an unstable load 11:45 - 13:20 Miner Breakeven 13:21 - 14:10 Mining as Insurance 14:11 - 16:06 Lancium as an Ancillary Service 16:07 - 20:00 Responding to Grid Demands 20:01 - 26:00 How BTCmining helps grid operators 26:01 - 29:29 Energy as a financial market 29:30 - 34:00 BTC as a financial instrument for power generators 34:01 - 41:30 Commodity Cycles for renewables and bitcoin 41:30 - 46:45 Electricity Transmission and HYdrogen Fuel 46:45 - 48:50 Prices Always Converge 48:50 - 59:59 How to embrace the bear markets 1:00:00 - 1:03:00 Outlook on govt. subsidies 1:03:00 - 1:10:00 Policy Makers 1:10:00 - 1:14:00 Shauns' favorite books 1:15:00 - 1:17:00